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1951 Map of Baird Mountains

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Baird Mountains
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The Brooks Range and the Baird Mountains dominate this early 1950s reconnaissance, capturing a wilderness landscape defined by the parallel courses of the Noatak River and the Kobuk River. Small-scale resource extraction and essential transportation routes are documented along the river corridors, where a Winter Trail connects isolated outposts. Industrial activity is concentrated at the Klery Creek mining site and a Coal Mine situated near the banks of the Kobuk.

Remote infrastructure is sparse, limited to a few specific points of human activity such as the Central settlement, an Airstrip, and various cabins scattered along the major waterways like the Squirrel River and Salmon River. The map provides a look at the Second Judicial Division's interior before modern development, marking topographical landmarks such as Deviation Pk and the tidal waters of Hotham Inlet in the southwest corner.